Emmys 2013 Winners: The Biggest Surprises, Snubs of the Night

To many viewers and critics, the 65th Annual Emmy Awards, broadcast live from L.A.'s Nokia Theatre on CBS Sunday, Sept. 22, were a dull affair -- but even though the mood of the show seemed listless and uneven, the actual awards handed out were anything but predictable. Although the victories of Best Comedy and Best Drama -- repeat winner Modern Family and better-than-ever Breaking Bad, respectively -- seemed pre-ordained, winners in many other categories took the crowd by surprise.

"No one in America is winning their office pool!" host Neil Patrick Harris joked. What were a few of the night's biggest surprises at the podium? Check out the roundup below.

Another out-of-left-field victor: Political Animals' Ellen Burnstyn; the beloved veteran actress edged out American Horror Story: Asylum's Sarah Paulson, long considered a lock in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a TV-Movie or Miniseries category.

One of the night's most talked-abot award-winners, Merrit Wever ("I gotta go, bye!" was her acceptance speech) of Nurse Jackie beat the ladies of Modern Family and 30 Rock's Jane Krakowski, too, for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy. Although Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Outstanding Actress in a Comedy (Veep) wasn't much of a shocker, her podium-crashing costar Tony Hale's triumph in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy certainly was; the Arrested Development star rose above the likes of Modern's Family's men as well as Saturday Night Live's Bill Hader.

Scandal fans were crestfallen when star Kerry Washington -- a first-ever nominee -- lost out to perennial Emmys favorite Claire Danes, picking up another gold statue in the Outstanding Actress in a Drama category for Homeland.

Tell Us: What were your biggest Emmys surprises among the winners and losers?